Death toll in Spain attacks mounts to 15
The death toll in Spain's terror attacks has risen to 15, Catalonia's regional minister Joaquim Forn said Monday, as a man found stabbed dead in a car outside Barcelona was linked to the case.
"We are raising the number of victims from 14 to 15 to include the victim in the vehicle found in Sant Just," he told journalists.
The victim was identified as Pau Perez, a Spaniard from Vilafranca del Penedes, some 65 kilometres (40 miles) from Barcelona.
? #DIRECTO Confirman que Pau Pérez es la víctima número 15 del atentado https://t.co/paSafFqqYq pic.twitter.com/e4yVzsNVlB
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He was found fatally stabbed in a Ford Focus that had forced a police checkpoint Thursday just after a van ploughed through crowds in Barcelona's Las Ramblas boulevard, killing 13 people.
Police had fired at the car when it forced the checkpoint, injuring an officer, and initially thought the man they found in the car had been killed by the gunfire.
An investigation later revealed he had been stabbed.
On Monday, Forn said the incident was linked to the Barcelona car-ramming attack.
Police believe Perez was stabbed by Younes Abouyaaqoub, the alleged van driver.
READ MORE: Van driver fled through market moments after mowing down crowds on Las Ramblas
He managed to flee the scene of the carnage on foot, and is thought to have killed Perez to grab his car and escape the city.
He is still on the run and police Europe-wide are hunting for him.
If you have any information about terrorist attack on #Barcelona #Cambrils [email protected] or ?937285220 pic.twitter.com/nFFaJPhHR3
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Authorities confirmed that all 15 victims of the attacks had now been identifed.
"They have all been identified and their families have been notified," Carles Mundo, Catalonia's regional justice minister told a news conference on Monday.
The 15 comprise six Spanish nationals, three Italians, two Portuguese, a Belgian, a Canadian, an American and a British-Australian, he added. Among them two are children.
READ ALSO: Police confirm death of 7-yr-old Julian Cadman in Las Ramblas attack
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"We are raising the number of victims from 14 to 15 to include the victim in the vehicle found in Sant Just," he told journalists.
The victim was identified as Pau Perez, a Spaniard from Vilafranca del Penedes, some 65 kilometres (40 miles) from Barcelona.
? #DIRECTO Confirman que Pau Pérez es la víctima número 15 del atentado https://t.co/paSafFqqYq pic.twitter.com/e4yVzsNVlB
— Antena3Noticias (@A3Noticias) August 21, 2017
He was found fatally stabbed in a Ford Focus that had forced a police checkpoint Thursday just after a van ploughed through crowds in Barcelona's Las Ramblas boulevard, killing 13 people.
Police had fired at the car when it forced the checkpoint, injuring an officer, and initially thought the man they found in the car had been killed by the gunfire.
An investigation later revealed he had been stabbed.
On Monday, Forn said the incident was linked to the Barcelona car-ramming attack.
Police believe Perez was stabbed by Younes Abouyaaqoub, the alleged van driver.
READ MORE: Van driver fled through market moments after mowing down crowds on Las Ramblas
He managed to flee the scene of the carnage on foot, and is thought to have killed Perez to grab his car and escape the city.
He is still on the run and police Europe-wide are hunting for him.
If you have any information about terrorist attack on #Barcelona #Cambrils [email protected] or ?937285220 pic.twitter.com/nFFaJPhHR3
— Mossos (@mossos) August 21, 2017
Authorities confirmed that all 15 victims of the attacks had now been identifed.
"They have all been identified and their families have been notified," Carles Mundo, Catalonia's regional justice minister told a news conference on Monday.
The 15 comprise six Spanish nationals, three Italians, two Portuguese, a Belgian, a Canadian, an American and a British-Australian, he added. Among them two are children.
READ ALSO: Police confirm death of 7-yr-old Julian Cadman in Las Ramblas attack
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